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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

nm ss gertrude +. Lewis of Ketch-
a. a. a'ld Mr.. p. q. Gates of Camden,
If h,'Sas' were joined in the bonds
H. "ply wedlock at the residence of
ths p p $ parent, in Ketchum. by
tss M nsv' u. Richie, on Thursday,
b,;do ' instant at II o'clock. The
amish, Is young lady of rare and
.s,sa au,e virtue, who has gained the
Ion. 10 oi many friends through a
um ns s out broken residence in Ketch-
us w;1 ld her departure from amongst
na nI oe most sadly regretted. It
The c pressure, however, to state that
spnsa ap'or is a gentleman of good
cb,, CLEARANCE and known strength of
enp.~ v'er. Tie is well to do, being
.st s' 3 in large mercantile inter,
ptovs !" me south, and will no doubt
isct;o e an efficient provider and at.
counI" "a'e companion. The happy
same e 'ook their departure on the
south Gay for a tour through the
il ill.,; AFTER which they will settle
TbeI 81 new home in Arkansas.
ftiend ah : Joins the many
! lons' , 81 the bride in wishing them
's Tile and endless happiness.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
The Aurora lBOrenlf~.

The second number ofthe Aurora
BOrealis, new family magazine
published monthly in San Fran
flscO, has been received. 1t runs
nocOntinued stories and is through
out an attractive and very reada-
BE magazine, and merits success.
The literary portion is far above
the average. As a family maya
zine, filled with pure and interest
ing matter, and the very reasona-
BE price of 81 80 charged per year,
il should secure a very large num-
Ter of subscribers. Bacon d Co.
are :he publishers.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

The mining outlook of the Little
Lost river region, of which COM
paratively little has been known,
is of an exceedingly promising ma
ture. Most Of the prominent loca-
tons are situated in Blackburn dis
trict, on the east side of the river,
in this county, the Daisy Black and
Ingersoll taking the lead. The lat
ter shows ore rich in silver and
lead its entire length and carries no
little amount of black copper, with
ruby and native silver. Assays
range from a few ounces up to
5000 a ton, with little gold.
Some of the ore has been shipped
to Salt Lake and a portion to the
Viola smelter. For the amount of
work done the Ingersoll makes a
big showing.
The Daisy Black has a body of
galena ore of immense extent and
will, during the coming season,
ship a large amount, and under
good management could turn out
a thousand dollars day.
Iron in large quantities is found
in the Combination mine. The
vein is over forty feet wide and in
creases as work progresses.
Other claims also look we'll, the
principal ones being the Golden
Copper, Tyndall, Silver Queen and
Diyia
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
School Election.

There will be an election held to-
day in Ketchum school district to
determine whether the district shall
issue bonds for the erection of a
new school house, of which it so
greatly stands in need. The polls
will be held at the school house,
and will be opened at IL o'clock A.
NJ. and closed at 5 p. NJ. The fol-
lowing is a brief reference to the
law authorizing the election, and de-
fining the qualifications of the
voters:
The act of the 18th session, Sec
ton /, on page SO of the session
laws, authorizes the board of trus-
tees of any school district to issue
bonds not exceeding 6 per cent Of
the taxable property of the district
when so directed by a majority of
the legal voters of the district. With
regard to the qualifications of
voters subdivision 7, on page Is of
the school laws of the 10Th session,
provides that at any special elec-
ton for raising tax none but actu-
al resident taxpayers or heads of
families shall be entitled to vote,
and this is made by the same Sec
ton to include all widows or un-
married women over the age of
twenty-one who shall own property
subject to taxation for such special
tax.
The qualifications, it will be seen,
are the same for all inhabitants of
the district, both men and women,
therefore all widows or unmarried
women liable to pay any portion
of the tax levied will to-day be en-
titled to vote. We think there will
be a full and unanimous vote for
issuance of the bonds. Do not let
Ketchum be behind other towns in
the cause of education.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

Four men have been kept in this
mine all winter, and during the
week the fifth was added. At pres
ent the work is being done in the
middle tunnel, in which, 48O feet
from the mouth, a win.e has been
sunk to the depth of over 80 feet,
this point being about $50 feet be-
low the surface. In the bottom of
the Wine a drift has been run in
20 feet toward the surface on the
vein, and one 40 feet further into
the mountain. The winze will be
carried down to a level with the
lower tunnel. which it is intended
to complete at an early day. The
distance from its mouth to the
point where it will intersect the
winze is $50 feet, 200 of which is
already completed. There are two
large ore chutes in the mine, and
the indications are that they unite
below the winze, where a large body
of ore is most likely to be discov-
cred. With every foot of depth
the mine increases in size and rich
ness, the vein averaging width of
four feet, about one-third of the ore
from which goes 200 ounces per
ton, and the remaining good for
concentrating. During the past
few days 800 sacks of the former
have been filled and forty tons of
the latter placed ON the dump. The
prospects for large shipments be-
ing sent down as soon as the road
is open in the spring are very fiat
tering. and the independence will
undoubtedly be classed among the
best ore producers of the Wood
River country. Robt. Warren and
the Popham brothers are the lucky
owners.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
To Cattle Growers.

The Union Pacific Railroad has
authorized its agents to sell tickets
N Denver and return at one fare
for the round trip to all who wish
"a attend the meeting of the Cattle
Growers Association on certificates
issued BY secretaries of the several
associations. This arrangement
will also apply to the immediate
families Of those presenting certlfi-
Gates Tickets will be sold from
the lstto Sth of February, inclusive,
and will be good for continuous
passage going and good returning
until the - inst.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
ANNEXATION.

Referring to tbs>proposed oblit-
Grafton of Idaho Territory the Sho-
shone Journal says:
The Nevada annexation move.
ment in Idaho Territory is based
upon the proposed cutting off Of
North Idaho, and in such con-
tingency it will have more weight
than on the first glance at the prop
osition. The feeling Of the people
is very largely against annexation
to Nevada, but the politicians see
bright and cheerful prospects in
gaining early admission to the
union Of states. There 10 no use
to disguise the fact that with the
loss of North Idaho, the "Gem Of
the Mountains 8" must face this
problem seriously and make the
best of her position.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

The boundary lines of the pro-
posed new county of Elmore are as
follows: Beginning at the mouth of
of Malad, at Snake river, following
that stream to its junction with
Big Wood river below Bellevue !;
thence westerly up the Malad on
Camas Prairie to Soldier creek !:
thence northerly up Soldier creek
and over the divide Of the Sawtooth
range to the Custer county line
drumming within four or five miles
to the southwest of Vienna) /; thence
westerly along the Custer county
line to Boise county and south
along the Ada county line to the
place of beginning, following Snake
river, which will form the southern
boundary. The proposed bounda-
ries will leave the town of Shoshone
on peninsula, that town being left
out, as its vote would materially
interfere in the schemes ofthe divis-
ionists in locating the county seat,
which is to be first given to Rocky
Bar, temporarily, and then removed
to Mountain Home. 1t is hardly
possible that the divisionists will
succeed in passing bill of such a
nature. While it is probable that
combination can pass it through
the house, it will in all likelihood
meet its deserved fate in the coun-
Gil. Even if there were no opposi-
ton to the formation of a new
county the proposition to establish
one within the boundary lines above
set forth would meet with a yerv
decided opposition, as the proposed
division is by no means fair or
equable. The manifest injustice of
such division; the attempt to Sc
cure certain portions of the county
without any regard to the wishes
or inclinations of many residing
within the proposed boundariesiss so
that the projectors of the
scheme will find their efforts of lit
tie avail. That every attempt, fair
Or unfair, will be made to secure
the passage of the bill there is no
doubt, but the anti-divisionists are
also at work, and with every reas-
enable show of defeating the bill.
The Alturas delegation in the legis-
lature realizes the danger of a pos
sible victory for the divisionists
and is working hard to prevent the
passage of the measure, and their
efforts are being ably seconded by
residents of this portion of the
county.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
IDAHO NEWS.
Idaho World, Jan. q.

Wilson, a quartz expert in the
employ of Senator Jones, arrived
here the other day, his business be,
ing to buy or get a bond on the Forest
King mine. 1t is generally under,
stood that the mine is to be bonded,
but at what figure no one, outside
Of those interested, knows.
Weiser Leader, Jan. %.
From after this date, during the
next two years, the Leader pro-
poses that all officials bringing in
county advertising shall pay our
price for the same in advance, or
it will not he published.
The idea of fencing the cemetery
is now being talked of freely by
our people. Several of our citi-
zens have expressed themselves
willing to donate sums very liberal.
A very unusual sight was wit
messed by three residents of Ruth
burg recently. After daylight and
before sunrise a meteor was seen
to fall, leaving a tail of fire which
asted fully five minutes.
Caldwell Tribune. Jan. %.
81 Morrow has received $50 from
the railroad company in payment
for two horses killed by passing
train.
A meeting of the subscribers to
the right-of-way of the Caldwell
branch of the U. p. to Boise City,
was held at Secretary Curtis office,
in that city, recently, to take action
with a view of comforting with the
U. p. officials and learn, if possible,
what the company intends to do.
The meeting was largely attended
and committee appointed to draft
a letter to President Adams, of the
Union Pacific, asking when he in
tended to build the proposed
branch.
The following are among the
prominent live stock shipping sta
tons along the Short Line, with
their east-bound shipments for the
past year:
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

= On Wednesday last Robert +.
n! Maine died at his residence after an
i'hess OF several months. Deceased
vas Do years old and had been liv-
,ns IN ketchum the past seven
.saIs engaged in mining. While
'Ofklng his claim last summer he
.ul'facted a severe cold, which
.H!ehtually brought on consump-
avn lie had been confined to his
, rouse Tor some weeks, gradually
slowing weaker, until death relieved
"alh OF his suiierings and earthly
sa'es' lie leaves a widow and
-, Oal sons by a former wife, the eld-
~ residing in Prineville, Oregon,
!ouhgest in California, and the
s' uer TWO living at home. The
. ultfal took place on Wednesday,
rL n'lce being held at the Methodist
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
A SUDDEN SUMMONS.


A correspondent writing from
Bayhorse to the Challis Messenger
gives the following account of a
disastrous snowslide occurring on
the night of the Goth ult: A $3.50
P. N. the roaring of an avalanche
of snow was heard just above town,
near the coal kilns. Some twenty
men went to see the tract followed
and to rescue those who lived in
the pathway of that fearful destroy
er and found it had carried away a
cabin which was occupied by Col.
0. r. Putney, an old gentleman
living alone. At the foot of the
slide were found his boots, and this
led them to think his body was
near. They shoveled snow nearly
all night, until driven away by a
second slide near them, and they
concluded to wait until daylight.
The next morning some fifty men
commenced excavating again where
they supposed the body was. Some
went up where the cabin had stood.
They found that three logs had
been left and, wedged in between
the logs and snow, they found the
old gentleman. He had retired and
had been reading q paper. One
hand looked as if he had attempted
to dig out, but some thought his
death was sudden. In an old valise
was found some letters and some
bones with note, saying: 81 wish
these bones buried with me-" He
was man about sixty years old,
has brother living in Los Angeles,
Cal and ex-GOv. Adams of Nevada
was a personal friend of his.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
StrWck Ii Me n.

A gold strike of remarkable rich
ness has been made on Cracker
creek near Fort Sumpter, in Baker
county, Oregon. The ledge was
discovered last summer by Messrs.
Tabor & Swan, and a shaft sunk
which at the distance of 35 feet ex-
posed a vain three feet wide. A
level was then run on the vain into
the mountain side and cross cut
showed it to be ten feet between
slate walls. The assays made from
the samples resulted in $50 gold
per ton. The ease with which the
mine can be worked will make it
an extremely profitable one.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

A petition was circulated i'm town
during the week and generally
signed asking for the establishment
Of mail route between Ketchum
and Smoky by way of Warm
Spring Creek. The distance is
twenty-five miles TO the Smoky
office from this place, which is by
twenty miles the nearest point on
NE railroad, this being the termi-
nus Of the Wood River branch of
The .. 5. l.. railroad. There is a
good wagon road from here to
smoky, and the mails could be de-
hvered promptly.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
THE LEGaSLATURE.

The bill setting apart one day in
each year to be observed as "Arbor
Day" has passed both houses.
The bill appropriating $500 to
A. ]. McNab and $500 to G. L.
Shoup for services rendered at the
New Orleans exposition has been
favorably reported upon.
Council bill No. so provides that
county commissioners be elected
by the voters of the entire county,
and not by districts. as now.
The bill providing for prison
commission has been recommended
for passage.
A memorial to congress asking
that the Union Pacific company be
allowed the privilege of funding its
debt has passed both houses.
A bill providing for the appoint
ment of an official stenographer in
district courts with a salary OF
$4,000 per year has been introduced
in the house.
The substitute for II. B. No. 10
establishes the funds of the various
counties and provides for the pay
ment Of claims. 1t creates the
following funds: Current ex-
pense, redemption, bond and in
terest, road and bridge, school and
scalp. The clerk ofthe board of COM
missioners shall number each claim
filed with him in the order in which
they are presented and the COM
missioners pass upon them in the
same order; and the auditor to
draw warrant in same order as al
lowed but he shall not draw any
warrant unless funds are on hand
to pay the same.
1t shall be the duty Of the clerk
of the board to receipt for all claims
filed. which shall show amount and
number filed.
The bill providing for woman
suffrage has been killed in the
house by the adoption of the mi
nority report of the committee to
which it was referred. The Alturae
delegation was equally divided,
Shaw and Burnett voting in favor
of the majority report. The vote
was IA ayes, 10 noes.
A bill has been introduced pre-
venting the leasing of mining
ground to Chinese.
Fox has introduced a bill to
amend section 212S of the code rel
ative to the fees Of auditor.
Shaw has introduced bills to
amend the code relative to the fees
of district attorney, assessor and the
collection Of licenses.
The bill providing for the better
observance Of Sunday has passed
the house.
A memorial asking for an appro-
priation of $4,000 from congress
to build an addition to the peniten-
tiary was passed.
In the council an amendment to
the university bill designates Mos
COW as the place of location, in
stead of Eagle Rock. The bill has
been sent to the committee. 1t has
passed the house.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
DANCING lClab.

Efforts are being made to reor-
ganize the dancing club whose de-
lightful parties formed such an
agreeable part of last winters
amusement, and it is a pleasure to
state that the sum of $3.50 has al
ready been subscribed. This will
be sufficient, owing to a general re-
duction in expenses as compared
to last year, to give five sociables.
Metropolitan Hall has been secured
and Prof. Geo. Delius' orchestra.
1t is not yet decided when the series
will begin.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

Territorial School Superintend-
ent Moody has received the follow
ing communication from q county
Superintendent:
Hon. silas w. Moody, Boysey City, l. T.
PIease send full set OF Blanks for this
County Schools of this County Pertaining
to Ill Brenches Kneeded.
In Justice to other counties the
name of the official and the county
that has secured his valuable SER
vices should be given.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

ately that was at hand. It was al
so fortunate that Mr.. Gwin pos
sessed a sound stomach and strong
constitution the result Of q steady
and we'll ordered life. This made
It possible to save a man sixty-four
years old and 80 terribly injured.
DR.. Hamilton left his patient We'd
nesday, sitting up in an easy chair,
convalescent, with all the indica-
tons Of speedy recovery.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
PERSONALS.

Mans. Coffin of HALEY was in
Salt Lake city last Sunday.
Harry Schweitzer of Bellevue
was in town during the week.
Peter Weber of Haley paid
Ketchum a visit during the week.
E. Lang, representing the Port
land house of Lang & Co., is on the
river.
A. w. Comstock has been con.
fined to the house with sore eyes
for some days.
o. B. Batten is at Portland. Ore
gon, enjoying a brief vacation from
professional duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. J. Lewis will
reside in the dwelling formerly &C.
cupied by Joseph Pinkham.
Mrs. DR.. Walling and Miss Ida
Marlatt, sisters of Clogs Marlatt,
arrived here from Shoshone on
Mondays train.
Rev. Father CESAR, of st. Peters
Church, Shoshone, preached his
farewell sermon last Sunday and
goes to Shoshone.
1t is stated that Superintendent
Blickensdcrfer has resigned his
present position and is to be trans
ferred to another field.
Ed. kurtz, one of the postal
clerks on the Short Line route, was
recently married to Miss Mary
Bentley. of La Grandc, Oregon.
S. B. Woodward of Ohio, one of
the owners of the King of the West
and other properties in Smoky dis
trict, was registered at the Walker
House, in Salt Lake city, on last
Monday.
Mrs. Butler, superintendent of
public instruction for this county,
has circulated a petition asking that
her salary be fixed at not more
than $1,000 in the new fee bill. 1t
was generally signed.
Mr.. r. z. Johnson, the new at
torney general, is a lawyer of &C.
knowledged ability. In politics he
is an independent democrat. He
has been member Of the legisla-
ture several sessions, is now a men,
Der of the capitol building commits
sion and was one of the committee
appointed to revise the laws Of Ida
no. The choice made by the gov
ernor is highly spoken of on all
sides.
Mrs. S. A. Pound, cousin of Mrs.
S. A. Rowley, of this city, after
making a short visit, took her de-
parture for her home in HALEY,
Idaho. Her son is register of the
U. S. land Office at that place. The
town of HALEY being of such an al
titude that the snow and ice remain
all winter, she was not much &C.
customed to the dampness and
streets i'll this section
Lewiston Teller.
Mr.. Joseph Pinkham of Ketchum
is among those who are doing good
work at Boise to prevent any di-
vision Of the county. Although
retired from active business, he has
many interests at stake here and
his long residence in the territory
and intimate knowledge of the af-
fairs of Alturas county makes the
service he is now rendering in
the schemes of the d.
thoroughly appreciated
by all who are opposed to the bill.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05

The wool shipments from Idaho
Territory for 1886 aggregated over
100000 pounds.
Range and Valley Jan. %.
An Immigrant from Illinois to
Walla Walla was run over and
killed by the west bound train neal
Glenn's Ferry last week. He is
supposed to have jumped from the
passenger train while suffering
with the jimjams.
Several snow slides between
Rocky Bar and Lime creek, last
Friday and Saturday, stopped all
travel and delayed the mail two
days. The mail was brought over
on snow shoes Sunday.
Challis Messenger, Jan. Is.
VIM. Mcqueen, r. d. Mcdonald,
A. C. Borland, Mr.. Mayer, Carl
Hanson, Andy Hensley, Jack Don
AVIAN, Geo. Dwelley, and VIM
Tremper, with two four-horse teams,
plenty of shovcls to dig snow with,
a full supply of grub and a CHINESE
cook, started this morning for Be-
nanza. They have hard trip before
them, on account Of a great depth
of snow and unbroken road, and it
is a question whether they make it
through or not. Messrs. Mcqueen,
Mcdonald and Borland, of Salt
Lake, go inside to take charge of
the Charles Dickens and put it in
running order, and the other gen.
tlemen named have been engaged
to work in and around the mine.
There is more snow on the b.
nanza road than there has been
any winter before for the past eight
years.
Blackfoot Reporter, Jan. %.
A. P. Anderson has been held in
$4,000 bonds to answer to the charge
of unlawful cohabitation and failing
to furnish the same he was jailed.
The prisoners in the county Jail
have been having gay time of
late. They have organized moot
courts with judges, officers, and
attorneys, made objections to the
reception of testimony, argued the
facts in the cases of the cohabs,
and entered judgement with all due
ceremony and circumstance.
PocatellO is feeling the impulse
given to it by the removal thither
of the Eagle Rock round house
and machinery during the past
month. About two hundred men
have been added to its population
by this latest move of the railroad
and necessitates further encroach-
ments on the Indian reservation.
The making of Glenn's Ferry a
division terminus does not disturb
the ShoshOne people at all. They
understand it perfectly we'll. After
a good number of town lots are
disposed of at the Ferry and the
proceeds slowed away the division
terminus will be changed again to
some point that will give land that
can be cut up into lots.
Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. %.
DR.. Hamilton returned home
yesterday from Marsh Lake, Idaho,
where he has been for the last eigh-
teen days attending a capital case
in the person of Mr.. s. r. Gwin,
who was, it was supposed, fatally
hurt by q bull three weeks ago.
DR.. Hamilton was wired to come
on without delay, and he responded,
leaving his local patients in other
hands. He found his patient APP
parently at the point of death, with
ribs and collar-bone broken, and
the lungs very badly confused.
Then pneumonia and hemorrhage
of the lungs set in, which further
complicated the situation. So,
constant and the best surgical
skill was imperative, and FORUM
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-05
The A~Vlsassn.

Superintendent Owens, i'll his
,snor of the asylum for December,
s,stes that four patients were ad-
mi,ted and one discharged; the to-
ri number now in charge is forty
lam. The expenses for the month
eesl.247 90, or per capita cost
q ninety-five cents a day.